Apparatus for handling ashes, garbage, and other refuse.



S. E-.-JENK|NS. APPARATUS FOR HANDLING ASHES, GARBAGE, AND OTHER REFUSE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.10'. 19l4. 1,143,,Q78Q Patented June 15, 1915.

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s. E. JENKINS, APPARATUS FOR HANDLING ASHES, GARBAGE, AND OTHER REFUSE. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 10, 1914.

, 1 143 ,2'?8 Patented June 15, 1915.

5 SHEETS-SHEET 2- SIE. JENKINS.

APPARATUS FOR HANDLING ASHES, GARBAGE, AND OTHER REFUSE- APPLICATION FILED FEB. 10, 1914- 1,143,278. Patented June 15, 1915.

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APPARATUS FOR HANDLING ASHES, GARBAGE, AND OTHER REFUSE.

APPLICATlON FILED FEB-10,1914- 13433780 Patented June 15, 1915;

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S. E. JENKINS.

APPARATUS FOR HANDLING. ASHES, GARBAGE, AND OTHER REFUSE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.10, 1914.

1,143,278. Patented June 15, 1915.

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THE NORRIS PETERS c0, PHOTO-THO. WAsHINGmN, B4 c.

ashes, etc, from a SAMUEL EDWARD STTS A 'nr rarer.

JENKINS, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 15, 1915.

Application filed February 10, 1914. Serial'No. 817,951.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL EDWARD JEN- KINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond, in and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Apparatus for Handling Ashes, Garbage, and other Refuse, of which the following is aspecification. 7

This invention relatesto certain improvements in apparatus for delivering and discharging refuse and the like; and the .objects and nature of the invention will be readily understood by those skilled in the art in the light of the following explanation of the accompanying drawings illustrating what I now believe to be the preferred embodiments from among other formations,

arrangements and constructions within the spirit and scope of the invention.

An object of the invention is to provide apparatus operative from a kitchen or other receiving station for automatically delivering ashes, garbage, tacles located .adjacent to an alley, or other point, and adapted to discharge the same into ash or garbage wagons.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for conveying refuse from a kitchen or other part of a building and automatically'dumping the same into a storage can or other receptacle so located and arranged that the ash or garbage man can readily discharge the contents of such can into the garbage or other wagons. V

A further object of the invention is to provide elevated cans or receptacles for the reception of garbage, ashes, etc., with means whereby said cans can be readily dumped to discharge their contents into wagons, and with means for normally closing said cans and thereby covering the contents thereof, and with means for conveying garbage, remote point and dumpmg the same into such cans, said means being operative from said remote point.

A further object of the invention is to provide improvements in and relating to apparatus for conveying refuse from a remote point and discharging the same into means for delivering the refuse to collection wagons or the like.

The invention consists in certain novel features in construction and in combinations, arrangements and constructions as the county of Henrico' etc., into elevated recep-.

more fully and particularly set forth and specified hereinafter.

Referring to the accompanying drawings: Figure 1, is a side elevation, more or less diagrammatically illustrating apparatus embodying my invention. Fig. 2, is a top plan. Fig. 3, is a vertical section on the line 33, Fig. 1. Fig. 4, is an elevation of a portion of the apparatus showing the support for the cans swung from normal position to carry one can to receiving position, dotted lines showing the support of the other can extended and said can in reversed or dumping position. Fig. 5, is a horizontal section in the plane of the line 55, Fig. 3, but showing the cans in normal position by full lines, and by dotted lines in receiving and dumping positions. Fig. 6, is a vertical sectional view illustrating certain details.

Where my invention is embodied in apparatus for delivering refuse from a kitchen or other part of a building remote from an alley or other road along which the refuse collection vehicles pass, to said collection vehicles, I provide operating means in or adjacent to the kitchen or other desired part of the building, supports for maintaining cans in elevated positions adjacent to the alley so that the contents of such cans can be discharged into the collection vehicles by reversing or dumping the cans while carried by said supports, and means operative from the kitchen or other part of the build ing for receiving the refuse and for conveying the same to and automatically discharging the same into anyone of said cans. For instance, in the kitchen, or at any other stationor location where it is desirable to have the operator stand, I provide a fixed vertical post or support 1, in the. upper end of which I mount a vertically disposed sheave or grooved wheel or pulley 2, rotating on a horizontal axis 3, and provided with a handle At the discharge station (at the alley or adjacent to the road where the collection vehicles stop to receive the load) I provide a fiXedeleva-ted post or support 5, in the upper end of which is mounted a vertically rotatable sheave, or grooved wheel or pulley.

The pulleys 2 and 6, receive and carry an endless traveling connection 7, formed by a flexible wire or cable of the requisite strength having its parallel upper and lower plies extending from the refuse receiving station to the refuse discharge station. This '8, on its travel back and endless connection is actuated to travel in either direction by the rotation of the wheel 2, through the medium of itshandle l. This endless connection actuates a caror carriage forth between the receiving and discharge stations.

The carriage "is preferably arranged be 7 low the upper and lower pliesof ith'eicable 17,

instance, I

and travels freely with respect to the upper ,plv of the cable but .is included in and propelled by the lower ply of the-cable. F or show uprights i9, pivotally coupledzto and extending up from the frontland one upright looplO through the other vertical plateifixedto the rear ends ofithecarriage and at their-upper ends having wheels-9 traveling on the upper ply of .the cable 7 '1 also show the :upper :ends of these uprights connected by brace 111, arranged below said wheels and ply of the cable. includes means the cable or :for adjusting the cable.

i show the .lower ply of the cable 7 including a turnbuckle 510, having its end loopslO 10"., secured to The lower-ply of the cable for taking up the slaclrin For instance,

, the cable ends so that :the turnbuckle as an entirety connects said eable'ends :to provide the endless carriage-operating connection. The cable is secured to the carriage *8, through the :medium of'this turn-buckle to propelthe carriage'back and forth between the wheels 2,

6. :1 or instance, the loop 10 of the turnbuckle isfixed to a vertical plate or .ear

fixedtowone endrojf the carriageand to which 9, is pivoted while the other is freely slidable longitudinally opposite end of the carriage and to which the other 'upright 9, is'hinged or pivoted, to

permit adjustment .ofthe' turn buckle in tightening or loosening-the endless carriage propellingconnection.

'The carriage forms an open-top horizon- I tally-disposed receptacle having its lower discharge end normally closed by .a longitudinally slidable door or bottom 12, having depending swingable hooks 13, :by which the 7 bottom is opened, as hereinafter described,

to dump the-contents of the carriage.

The carnage is preferably arranged between and ztlfELW'GlS longitudinally of a pair of parallel cableor wire lengths 1l, and if so (desired, is supported bysaid lengths 14, through the medium of small grooved wheels 14 traveling -.on said wire lengths :and exteriorly arranged at the opposite sides ofithe carriage and mounted on'spindles-or shafts secured to the carnage.

'ln the particular example illustrated, the wlre dengths ll, form an endless-connection passing around and secured to horizontally disposed sheaves 15, :16, centered and horilzontally rotatable on the posts 1,5, and arranged below the :vertically 'disposed wheels 2, 6. The sheave 15, is provided with a hanends forming. having supporting guides 18," therefor;

bagelcans or receptacles 23.

:member @2 1, fixed to tally swingable can-carrying member 25.

or member 25,- :upright 27.

arm or member 25, and thereto by loops or eyes the bottom of the can and arm,so that the can can swing thereon from or turn the sheave 16, throughthe medium of connection 14. 7 V V r The posts 1, 5,,are providedwith arms or brackets 17, rigid'therewith andhaving horizontal cross heads extending between the two plies ofthe connection 14:, and at their guldes for connection it, and

These brackets also form bumpers or stops limiting the movements of the carrlage to ;stop-;the samezat the receiving station, when .thescarriage is moving on .its return passage, :andrto stop thesameat the discharge station when ithecarriage is im'oving on its delivery The horizontal sheave 1 6,

- The post 5, extends head and into said column-and is fined against rotation, Theihead provides a su table'supporting bearing for the sleevesuch-as ball bearing 22, within the 'headand on. whichthe lower end of the Sleeve rests. The sleeve 19, is provided with a laterally proj ecting cross head that carries and supportstthetworeverslble ash and gar- The cross head consists of a center hub 19 ,s21IlCl arpair of radiatingarms or brackets Each bracketconsists of a rigid the hub, and a horizontherefrom.

The .member 24, has a fiXed'depending-vertical inner: end portion and a ,fixed horizontal outer end portion, The swingable member :16 15%, which the same can be turned in elther direction to correspondingly oscillate projecting {laterally in opposite directions 25, is'at one end hinged to the outer'or free end of the member 2%, by a vertical pivot 26, while the :opposite or sfreeendof the arm is provided with a vertical One of theiopen top -cans 23, rests on the is pivotally joined 28., depending from embracing said normal upright position :with its bottom resting 1 on and approximately diametrically :tra'versed bysaid arm 25, .to the reversed or discharging position with the can hanging .or dependingtromithearm The p can is held in normal upright vposition on the swingable arrangedat the exterior lofthe-can and detachably engaging the fixed armby the latch-29,

upright 27 of the arm. The swingable arm 25, is normally arranged in itsinwardly swung or 'folded position. directly over and parallel withlthe of the bracket member 24:, and detachably.

horizontal outer portion held in such position by the supporting rest or pillar 30, having a top depression on which the free end of the swinging member rests and by which it is detachably held against swinging on the pivot 26.

The hub 19, rests on the top edge of the head 20, and is rotatable thereon and around the sleeve 19, but said hub is normally locked to the sleeve and against rotation independently thereof, by a suitable exposed readily accessible pivoted latch .31, and its keeper whereby the cross head and its hub can be released from the sleeve for rotation independently thereof when required. The cross head is normallyarranged in a transverse position with respect to the endless connections 14, and is provided with two similar cans 23, arranged the same distance from the post 5, and at opposite sides thereof and tending to approximately counterbalance each other to a greater or lesser degree. The cans when thus arranged in normal upright position are outof operative, or cooperative, position with respect p other point where the operating wheels 2, 15 are located, ca n bringjelthercan 23, to the ee lv g pes 85 position and the other tion." This will'bring the cross head to a to the carriage 8, and are also out of operative dumping position with respectfto'the collection wagons. It might be said that the. cans are in storage position when thus held in normal position and out of receiving and dumping positions.

' i The cross head is swung through an arc of nlnety degrees to .bringone can to receiving can to dumping posiposition at right angles to its normal position and one can will be thereby carried rearwardly to a position over the alley or road so that a collection wagon can be driven thereunder to receive the contents of said can when reversed, while the other can will be brought forward to a position directly below the connections 14, and .below the discharging position of the carriage. Whena can is thus in the forwarder receiving position its rim willengage the hooks 13, depending from the slidingbottom of the carriage, as said carriageapproaches discharging position, and will thereby hold the bottom back as the carriage is carried forward over the open top of the can,-whereby the contents of the carriage will be automatically discharged intothe can by the power supplied by the operator in rotating wheel 2. When the contents of the carriage have been deposited in the can, the operator rotates the wheel 2, in theopposite direction and thereby returns the carriage to receiving position, and on its arrival at receiving operator should slide the bottom closed position. r

he operator in 12, backto the kitchen ;or at any by turning the wheel 15, a quarter turn to-theright or to the-left.

. merely necessary POSltlOll, the

the engagement of-its free Usually, one can 23, is provided to receive garbage and the other can 23 to receive ashes, and the wheel 15 can be provided with suitable indications to guide the operator in turning the wheel in the proper direction to bring either the garbage or the ash can to receiving position, as may be desired. For instance, I show one spoke of the wheel 15, provided with a vertical hole or a socket and bearing the letter A adjacent to said socket, while the diametrically opposite spoke of the wheel is formed with a vertical hole or socket and is provided with a letter Gr adjacent said socket. An intermediate spoke of the wheel is shown formed with a socket B.

The post 1, is provided with a bracket 35, fixed thereto and extending laterally therebeen locked thereby. When the carriage has deposited its load in the ash can, the carriage is returned, and the bolt is released from wheel 15, and said wheel is turned toward the right to restore the cross head and cans to normal positions and saidparts are locked in normal position by the bolt. The wheel 15, is turned toward the right to bring the garbage can to receiving position and the bolt is dropped into socket G, to lock the parts until the can receives its lead from the carriage. i v

To collect the garbage, ashes etc.,.it is for the collection wagon to drive up adjacent to the elevated can so that the collection man can, from his wagon, reach the latch 31, and release the same from its keeper (and thereby release the cross head from the sleeve 19) and then swing the cross head from normal position to move one of the cans rearwardly for reversing over the wagon to dump the contents of the can into the wagon. When the cross head has swung from normal position, the swingable can-carrying member 25, is sprung up from the depression in rest 30 and said member is thenswung rearwardly to carry; the can over the wagon body. The

7 its contents into the wagon body. The can is then si-vung'up to upright position and locked in such position .by the latch 29. The arm 25 isthenswung to normal position overthe arm 24, and 1S locked in such position by end in the depress the wheel 16, and connection sion of the supporting rest 30. The cross head is then swung back to normal position and locked to-the sleeve 19, by the latch 31, so'asto be operatively coupled through 14, to operating wheel 15. 7

Suitable mechanism is provided for covering or closing the open tops of the cans when in-norinal or-storage position.

jecting laterally and oppositely from the post v5, and elevated above the cans when in storage position. Thesearms have depending freeends arranged cent-rally over the cans, and bell-like covers 39, are suspended from said free ends to rest on the cans when in storage position; is'pivotally suspended from its center and is allowed a limited vertical movement independently of its supporting arm, so that the cans can freely move laterally from under the covers when the cross head is swung, leaving the covers suspended from the fixed arms 38. When the cross head is swung back tonormal position, the rims of the cans will engage the covers and in moving under the covers, will swing and elevate the covers sothat when the cans come to rest at storage 'POSlUOIi, the covers will rest onthe rims of the cans, and each can will bear the weight of its cover and willbe approximately tightly closed thereby. V In the particular example illustrated, the

7 free ends of the cover carrying arms are I accessible to animals:

provided with transverse pivots 40, and the covers have metal straps 41, secured thereon and formed with upwardly projecting loops at the centers of-the coversforming ver'ically elongated eyes 48, receiving the pivots t0. The covers are thus connected to their, supporting arms by the pivots and elongated eyes, and eachlcover is allowed an independent vertical play so that when the cans are in normal position they will hold the covers in elevated positions and hence carry and support the same, whereby the weight of the covers will hold ,them to snugly fit and close the cans. 7

By employing this apparatus, the refuse cans will be normally covered and closed and supported in an elevated position and not Ihe cans are attached tojparts of the apparatus and hence will not be stolen and misplaced and are not so subcansare employed 7 not ,be necessary for the injury as where separate ject to damage and that must belifted and dumped. It will garbage and ash collection nen toenter the premises nor in fact to disturb the 00c pants; The operator in the lritchen can dump garbage and ashes-into the carriage through a window or by stepping through theoutside door, aceoi-dingjt-o the arrange "i amr the particular app'aratus,fand can -"di scharge the contents ofthef carriage; into For inv stance, I show a pair of fixed arms 38, pro

Each cover for moving 1. In combination, means for supporting 'go an elevated storage 'canaiid fonmoving the same to and from receiving POSilZlOIl and bracket e storage position and tofa'ndfroin storage position and discharging position, andan elevated carriage movable to and fro between a remote point and said receiving position, said carriage arranged to discharge its contents into said can whenin said receiving position, and provided with supporting and operating'means;

2. In combination, means for supporting.

an elevated storage can and for'moving'ithe same to and from receiving positionand storage. position and to and from' storage" position and discharging. position, and an elevated carriage, movab e andiroi Y tween" a remote pointlandsaidreceiving POSltlOIl, said carriage. arranged to discharge its contents into saidflc'an'whenfin Silll receiving position, mechanism operative from said remote point for propelling said car riage', and devices operativefromfsaid remote point for actuatingsaid means sup porting said'storage can. f V

' 3. In combination, means for supporting a storage can elevated position,'- fa carriage'having a sliding bottom, said carriage adapted to molve 'oversaid can and to' discharge its contentsthereinto, said bottom adapted to befmoved to openposition" by engagement with saidf'can, means-for pro pelling said carriage to and fro between a remote point and a discharge stationfat which station said carr age dumps 7 its con tentsinto'said can, and devices for actuat-j ing said can'supporting means to inov e the can backand forth bet'weenjstorage position and receiving position. v v; f

4:. In combination, a carriage movable back and forth between refuse receiving station and a refuse discharging station, "means operative approximately; from 3 said .1 receiving station for propelling said carriage, a storagec'an, means for supportingisaid can and said' carriage discl'iarge' statien, andg'devices for controlling the position of said' canlsupfi d porting means-,1 devices beingoperative. ,7

the same to andffro betwee'n 7' storage position and receiving position, said' can receiving pos t on being iarra ged'under approximately from said carriage receiving station.

5. In combination, a support provided with a vertical rotatable pulley, another support at a remote point provided with a vertical rotatable actuating pulley, an endless traveling connection between and carried by said pulleys and propelled by said actuating pulley, a carriage propelled by said conmotion to and fro between said supports, a storage can supported in an elevated position y means comprising mechanism for moving said can to and from receiving,

storing and dumping positions, said means carried by said first mentioned support, and devices whereby said carriage automatically discharges its contents into said can.

6. In combination, a support, a movable holder mounted thereon and carried thereby, a storage can mounted on said holder and held thereby in an elevated position to discharge its contents into a collection wagon, means for conveying refuse from a remote point and discharging the same into said storage can when said can is located in refuse receiving position, and devices operative from said remote point for moving said holder and for actuating said means.

7. Incombination, horizontally swingable elevated storage can holder mounted on said support, a storage can mounted on said holder, means for moving said holder to carry said can to and from storage position and refuse receiving position, and a cover for said can carried by said support and arranged to close the can when in storage position. v V

8. In combination, a support, a horizontally swingable cross head mounted thereon and at its opposite portions mounted with storage cans, means carried by said support for covering age position and means controlling the position of said cross hea 9. In combination, a support, means carried thereby for upholding several refuse cans in elevated position and for moving said cans from normal storage position to and from dumping and receiving positions, means whereby said cans can be dumped when in dumping position, and devices for delivering refuse to said cans when in receiving position.

10. In combination, a support, a horizontally swingabl-e oppositely extending can' holder mounted on said support and at its opposite portions provided with pivotally mounted dumping storage cans, and with means for normally holding said cans in upright position, and devices for control.- ling the position of said holder.

11. In combination, a support, a horizontallv swingable storage can holder provided with a storage can, said holder being movable to carry said can to and from normal with means for normally an elevated support, a

said cans when in normal storstorage position and receiving position, and to and from said storage position and can emptying position, means operative from a remote point for controlling the position of said holder, means operative from said remote point for delivering refuse into said can when said can is located at said receiving position, and means for covering said can when said can is located at storage position.

12. In combination, a support, a horizontally swingable storage can holder provided with a reversible dumping storage can and maintaining said can in upright position, saidholder being movable to carry said can to and from nor mal storage position and receiving position, and to and from said storage position and can emptying position, means operative from a remote point for controlling the positionof said'holder, and means operative from said remote point for delivering refuse intosaid can when said can is located at said receiving position.

13.111 combination, a post, a horizontally turnable actuating member mounted on said post, a support at a remote point, a horizontally swingable holder mounted on said support and provided with and carrying storage cans movable by said holder to and from storage position, connections from said member to said holder for swinging said holder, and means for locking said member in various positions and thereby maintaining said holder in certain positions.

14. In combination, a support, a horizontally swingable holder mounted thereon, storage cans carried by said holder, a horizontally turnablemember mounted on said support and adapted to swing said holder, a support at a remote point with respect to said first mentioned support and provided with a horizontally turnable actuating member, parallel flexible connections joining said turnable members to swing said holder, a carriage mounted on and movable longitudinally of said connections for conveying refuse to and discharging the same into said cans, and an endless propelling connection for said carriage provided with actuating means at said remote point.

15. In combination, a support, a can holder carried thereby in an elevated position, a can pivotally mounted on said holder, means whereby said can can be held in normal upright position and can be released to swing to dumping position and means for delivering and discharging refuse from a remote point to and in said can.

16. In combination, a support, a horizontal swingable oppositely extending can holder at its opposite portion provided with dumping storage cans with means for normally holding said cans in upright position, said holder comprising an extensible swing- 17. In' apparatus for thepurpose substantially as described, a storage can holder provided with a storage can, said holder being movable to carry said' can to and from normal upright storage position, support, a pivotally mounted and vertically movable cover for said can, said cover being. car ried by said support independently of said mg can carrying arm and means whereby cam and adapted to' rest on and close said can when said can is in storage position-Sand means operative from a distance away whereby refuse can becarried to and dis 1 charged i'n'said storage=ca-n;

In testimony-whereof 1? affix my signature; inpresence or two Witnesses. V

SAMUEL EDWARD- JENKIN S. Witnesses: F

Brenner) 7V. JONES, JOHN- D. GODDIN.-

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